{"id":129112,"date":"2026-01-19T15:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/129112\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:12:15","slug":"dallas-mayor-depicts-city-as-sanctuary-from-socialism-amid-avalanche-of-interest-from-businesses-fleeing-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/129112\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas mayor depicts city as sanctuary from socialism amid \u2018avalanche\u2019 of interest from businesses fleeing NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Democrat-turned-Republican Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson is offering a sanctuary from socialism, charting a starkly different course from New York City as he argues progressive policies there are driving businesses away and weakening public safety.<\/p>\n

“It appears to be that New York wants to be the heartbeat of socialism<\/a> in the United States. That appears to be the direction it’s going,” he said Sunday.<\/p>\n

“But down here in Dallas, I can tell you, we embrace business, we embrace capitalism, we embrace corporations who employ folks and who are actually pillars of our communities.”<\/p>\n

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Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson speaks during the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wis., on July 16, 2024.<\/p>\n

(Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Johnson declared that “America\u2019s cities need Republicans<\/a>” and pledged to adhere to fiscal conservatism and law-and-order principles when he announced his party switch in a 2023 Wall Street Journal op-ed.<\/p>\n

Speaking with Fox News host Brian Kilmeade Sunday, Johnson said Dallas was already emerging as a financial services hub before the election of New York City\u2019s new mayor, a trend he said is now accelerating.<\/p>\n

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrives at the subway station in the Queens borough to go to City Hall in New York, Friday, Jan. 2.<\/p>\n

“I’m already getting phone calls. We’re already having more conversations than we’ve ever had before, more interest in moving to Dallas by New York-based financial firms,” he said.<\/p>\n

“The answer is there is a flood and an avalanche of interest in being where I think people who do this for a living, folks in the financial services industry, understand that the future of capitalism in this country is moving west,” he added.<\/p>\n

Johnson said Dallas\u2019 refusal to adopt sanctuary city policies has helped position the city as a destination for businesses and workers seeking stability, safety and a pro-growth environment.<\/p>\n

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“We support law enforcement here in Dallas. We support law and order. I don\u2019t think you can have a city if you don\u2019t have safety,” Johnson said.<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t understand the impulse some of these Democrat mayors<\/a> have to embrace lawlessness.”<\/p>\n

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